Executive Board
Prof. Dr Christian M. Seidel – Vice-President
| Curriculum Vitae | |
|---|---|
Roles at the HM | |
| Since 1 November 2026 | Vice-President for Cooperation and Innovation |
| Since 2024 | Deputy Director of the Bavarian Materials Science and Production Engineering Doctoral Research Center (PZMP) |
| Since 2024 | Head of Research in Additive Manufacturing at the Transfer and Innovation Center Oberland (TIZIO) |
| Since 2021 | Head of the Smart Manufacturing Lab |
Professorship | |
| Since 2019 | Professor of Manufacturing Technology and Additive Manufacturing Processes at the Department of Applied Sciences and Mechatronics, Hochschule München |
Research, Practice and Knowledge Transfer | |
| 2018 to 2025 | Supporting three start-ups in the field of additive manufacturing as a shareholder or volunteer mentor as part of the EXIST start-up support scheme |
| 2014–2024 | Head of Department, Head of Major Department and Head of Research Area at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IGCV, with sites in Augsburg and Garching near Munich; member of the steering committee of the Fraunhofer-wide Alliance for Additive Manufacturing |
| since 2014 | Freelance management consultant specialising in additive manufacturing |
| 2012-2018 | Research Fellow and member of the Institute’s management committee at the Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb) at the Technical University of Munich, specialising in additive manufacturing |
Academic education | |
| 2012–2016 | Doctorate at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, under the supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael F. Zäh |
| 2006–2011 | Studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart, the Technical University of Munich and Stellenbosch University (South Africa, specialising in Economics) |
Roles and memberships outside HM
- Member of the Editorial Board as Associate Editor of the journal “Progress in Additive Manufacturing (PIAM)” published by Springer Nature
- Member of the steering group at Bayern Innovativ responsible for developing and implementing the 10-year roadmap for additive manufacturing in Bavaria
- Spokesperson for the Germany-wide initiative ‘Germany Makes’, which promotes additive manufacturing in Germany
- Member-at-Large, ASTM Executive Committee F42 ‘Additive Manufacturing’
- Board of Directors of Rapid.Tech 3D, a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting education in additive manufacturing
- Experts for national and European funding bodies